Nikko Go Bye Bye

Last week's American Idol was a cross to bear. The potential for an entertaining hour was there, but this group of contestants couldn't pick a good song if it were underwear wedged between their ass cheeks. Quite a boring yawnfest; I couldn't wait for it to end. The best performances, by far, came from Carrie (whose song choice was albeit boring, but well-sung) and Nadia (who gave the show salvation with the last performance; her choice and rendition were extremely well done). Vonzell did well too, but Streisand is always thought to top. However, her performance certainly didn't warrant her being cast into the bottom three, on the following night. Anthony should have been in her place, but it's clear his teenaged fan base is keeping him in the running, regardless of his ability to grow and improve as a performer.

Also in the bottom three, and rightfully so, were Nikko and Scott. I had a feeling Scott might be cast off, since the bombshell news of his former criminal record. Nope. They chose, instead, Nikko. Who, ironically, wasn't terrible the night before. Who was terrible? I'll tell you...and Melissa ain't gonna like this -- but Bo was positively unremarkable and quite literally stinky. His song choice, which he said he chose by closing his eyes and pointing to w/his finger (hindsight is always 20/20) was so very bad, it was hard to watch. And he seemed to be going thru the motions...he knew he did poorly. Also in the stinker were: Constantine, who everyone seems to love...his performances are always, consistently shitty...I don't see what all the fuss is about. And someone should really smack that God damn smug look off his face. Anwar...bad, bad, bad. For some reason, he's sticking around... but his register was all off and the judges really need to playback the tape to see he didn't really hit the note they were all raving about. Crack city. And so, another week of AI comes to a close. Let's hope they pick a better genre for next week -- or send in a coach to make sure they pick listenable songs.

You may be wondering, where's the other half of this duo... well, Melissa went on sabbatical, no TV/no radio...cut-off entirely from civilization... that is... until she gets her cable hooked up in her new digs. She'll be back with AI commentary soon... don't you worry ;) --Joan.